Gatwick to charge for terminal drop offs from 2021

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Advance notice of changes at Gatwick for drop offs at the terminals has been announced. Drivers will be charged for dropping off passengers at Gatwick, as the airport tries to recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Motorists will have to pay a £5 charge to leave people directly outside the terminals and the money will be used to preserve jobs at the airport.

Currently, cars are permitted to drop off passengers directly in front of both terminals but this will change with the charge introduced next year but no definite date has been given.

This will affect those Dibbers who drive to the airport, drop off their families at the hotels such as Premier Inn/Sofitel or the terminals. If you want to avoid the charges you will be able to drop-off or pick-up passengers in the airport’s long-stay car parks, with two hours free parking and a free shuttle bus to the terminals.

So thats another expense to plan for when thinking of a trip from Gatwick no matter whether you are going to Florida or anywhere else that Gatwick serves when it re-opens fully.